See the famous chateau and walk with me to the back of the Jewel of the Canadian Rockies! The lake is frozen at the moment. 

Banff

Wonderful trek across the lake with a wonderful guide!


Great Guide as always lovely location  but unfortunately only managed to stay on tour for a few mins due to technical problems my end but look forward to doing another tour with Patrick

great tour, excellent guide, so informative.  i am a person with mobility issues and this experience is great for me and others to go to areas they i could not other wise. thank you

Breathtaking tour of Banff! Patrick is so knowledgable and does an amazing job sharing it with us. I learn so many new things each tour.

Great tour. Great reception today. Thank you so much. 

Always amazing to follow Patrick in his walks around, we can almost feel  the snow and the cold air in beautiful Banff. Can’t wait to see Banff in summer 

Fabulous tour. Very exciting. Patrick put so much effort into this tour and is charming polite and very informative. 

Patrick made his way through a lot of snow...just to show us how wonderful Lake Louise is in any weather. Thank you!

Amazing.  I admire the man’s stamina and ability to show us places I could never go to myself. Delightful

Another delightful tour with Patrick 🙂

Another amazing tour with Patrick love everything about it he is very interesting, respectful & humorous, the area is stunning clean, fresh beautiful.  I especially love the last few minutes of meditative viewing.

If you have not done a tour with Patrick yet *why not ?* hahaha but really you will totally enjoy every moment of it looking forward to the next one.

It's hard to find words to describe the beautiful views in the Canadian Rockies. Patrick's tours are always great, informative and delivered with humour and an obvious love of his country.

Privileged to be on what may have been the last walk across Lake Louise. Patrick worked very hard trudging through the snow for us! Thank you!

Another lovely visit to Lake Louise. Looks beautiful in the snow but I think I preferred it when we visited in August and it was hot, hot, hot!

Fantastic tour guide. He worked so hard trudging through the snow.

Fantastic tour and such a friendly guide giving us  many opportunities to enjoy the scenery. Also very informative on the area,glaciers,mountains - just great

Kudos to Patrick for making his way through the snow to provide us with a wonderful experience.  Thank you. 

Well done for getting us across the Lake - hard work today. Lovely few minutes of peace and quiet at the end

Wonderful Lake Louise walk, Patrick is full of knowledge and passion we always  feel we learn more each trip we take with him .

An interesting walk. Thank you, Patrick. I had underestimated how cold it would be there in April - did not expect the lake to be frozen over still. The images of the spectacular scenery looked almost black and white. I'd like to visit again in summer.

A great Tour. Lots of fun. Beautiful scenery. Sadly I did miss bits  through my wi fi connection was very patchy. But Thank you what I saw was great

Wow!!!! How privileged to ‘walk’ with Patrick on a frozen Lake Louise. His friendly manner is so welcoming and you can see from the number of comments in the chat bar how true this is.  I’m surprised he has time to read them whilst negotiating the icy conditions.

Patrick really brings you to the place, and imparts great knowledge. Look forward to traveling  again with him 

Very informative.  Such a workout. Will love to see in the summer!

Patrick's tours are always so interesting and I love how he says he is "going to get artsy" and makes sure we have the most amazing Postcard opportunities.  One of my favourite guides here on Heygo :-)

Patrick is very pleasant and knowledgeable.   He goes above and beyond to show guests the most interesting points of his tour.   Very enjoyable,  can't wait to view some of his future tours!

Lucky you, living in my favourite place in the world,
I spent a lot of time in Banff and have enjoyed being in Canmore for a few weeks in the summers  as I volunteered at the Canmore Folk Fest in the PUB.  So sad not to have been there last summer.

A lovely end to my day. Stunning scenery, advice about bears and other wild animals, a beautiful frozen glacier, and an endless amount of snow.  Just perfect.

Impressed as always, stunning scenery, educational and informative, soggy trousers for the benefit of the tourists :) , hope the virtual tours continue long after holidays resume... thank you

Lake Louise is so beautiful. Really enjoyed the tour this evening

Great amount of info today. Thank you for that. Lovely to see LL in winter

Thoroughly enjoyed my first Tour! Many thanks! 

Patrick is a Lovely guide,  always an enjoyable tour 

Having never toured with Patrick until this morning when we were so
impressed that we joined this tour tonight! A totally different experience from this morning and another amazing trip!  Being someone who is petrified of falling on ice to effortlessly ‘walk’ across the lake was a wonderful experience!

Patrick is a really interesting and knowledgeable guide - his great enthusiasm is truly infectious!( a great break from the Covid for evryone!)

Joining a trip with Patrick is not only fun, it's a journey of discovery.  I learnt more in the first five minutes about Lake Louise than I did in the few hours I was there in the summer a couple of years ago.  It was amazing to see the snow and the wonderful scenery and to learn about life and the nature of things during our time with Patrick 

Another superb walk across the Lake with Patrick

Watching this v-tour was a fun way to show support to a good friend and "Jack of All Trades" Tour Manager :D

Great engaging guide to a wonderful location.

Beautiful country to see too much snow for me

Wow, my first virtual trip, I really felt as though I was there.  Patrick is so engaging, enthusiastic and informative.  Really enjoyed it. Thank you 

Another great tour with Patrick! I love that there’s always something new to see!

Very enjoyable. First tour to western Canada. Beautiful scenery and loaded with lots of information about the area.

Another spectacular tour. Thank you Patrick 

Great tour with Patrick as usual. Lots of information delivered in a very friendly way.

So wonderful and greatly appreciate being able to experience such beautiful scenery.  Thank you so much.

Great tour. Seeing Lake Louise in winter made me shiver sitting in Pennsylvania. I was there in June in 2016 and it was gorgeous. 

Absolutely gorgeous tour! Lake Louise is something I now hope to see in person one day. Patrick showed us not only absolutely gorgeous scenery, but showed us how deep the snow was & answered so many questions we had. He took the time to answer as he went along. This was a true joy of a tour. I know I'll be looking for more tours with Patrick! Happy traveling everyone! Be sure to tip your guides!

Hooked on these tours, feel deprived when I cant make some of them ! Thank you.

I loved the tour out onto the ice of Lake Louise. It's so different to see the area in snow. (I was there in July.) It's amazing to see all the activities out on the frozen lake, and to get close up to the glaciers at the far end. Thanks for the great tour!

Never boring, always exciting with his knowledge.

Wonderful tour.Beautiful scenery,and lots of history.Patrick you are so passionate about your home land.I am looking forward to been able to visit before long.Keep up the good work.Mary

Absolutely loved this tour! I stayed at the Chateau 3 years ago in June when the lake was a beautiful turquoise blue and it’s equally stunning at this time of year! 😃

THis was my first trip with Patrick and it was amazing. Snow covered mountains are always fascinating and a walk across Lake Louise as well was great. 
Patrick is an excellent guide with a lo of knowledge  and his love for this area shines through. 

Very interesting tour. Patrick spoke very clearly and answered the questions very well. 

I can’t believe I actually got to cross virtually Lake Louise and see the grand hotel from a different direction!  Patrick was so interesting and the time spent crossing the lake flew by with his constant and entertaining knowledge he had of this area.  It was an hour well spent and I certainly will sign up again when Patrick leads again.

Patrick is an excellent guide. He is very knowledgeable about Lake Louise and gave a really good tour. Am looking forward to our next tour with him.

One of the most enjoyable tours. Patrick probably is the best camera savvy guide.
He gave us time to get the most beautiful “postcard” photos of the glorious scenery!!
I look forward to his other tours.

A wonderful experience to walk with Patrick ON  Lake Louise. Stunning scenery from all angles with engaging commentary. A quiet moment of reflection at the end of the tour was special.

Always enjoy Patrick's tours.  He is very informative and picks stunning areas to visit.

Patrick is so enthusiastic and gives lots of interesting information.  Very enjoyable. thank you

Fabulous tour! These truly are a wonderful way of seeing Alberta in all its glory. Thank you Patrick.

What a wonderful experience walking across Lake Louise with Patrick, such a very knowledgeable guide

Another excellent tour.  He’s a great ambassador for the area.  

Patrick's tours are among the best! He is so affable, knowledgeable, and fun! I especially appreciate his moments of serenity at the end of his tours just to take it all in and appreciate our lives. Thank you, Patrick and Virtualtrips!

Always great tours and beautiful scenery. 

Great tour - wonderful enthusiasm! Bravo! 

I couldn’t believe he was walking out on the lake. Patrick explained a lot about the geology and avalanches which was really interesting 

Stunning views across Lake Louise ... and an amazing experience to hear the crunchiness of the snow as Patrick walked on the lake ... loved it ... thanks Patrick ... hope you are safely back to the start by now!

Absolutely brilliant as always. Patrick is so knowledgeable and always tries and finds the best postcard locations. I especially appreciate the quiet time at the end to just sit quietly and drink in the scenery.

As always, the perfect combination of knowledgeable and friendly.

He is a great tour guide. Been on a lot of his tours. Very well done!

I really walked across Lake Louise in Alberta! It was so serene. Everything was spectacular. The view of the frozen waterfall, so ice blue was breathtaking.  For me this is one of the best ways to be there and experience this beauty.

Patrick leads the best trips ever!  I have taken three and will watch for more.  

It was wonderful to see Lake Louise again after almost 30 years, especially in the company of so knowledgeable and personable a guide. Thanks Patrick, fabulous views and a really informative commentary.

Beautiful scenery, interesting commentary and a lot of effort to show the best of Lake Louise.  Thank you

A fantastic tour with spectacular scenery and great local knowledge and information

Brilliant tour, scenery fantastic and Patrick is an excellent guide, very passionate and keen to make the tour an exceptionable experience.  Thoroughly enjoyed it, thank you

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